St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-08
LANGTRY'S HOME LIFE.
One Who Knows Her Pictures Her
as Her Real Self.
A Peep at Some of Her Pretty
Dresses and Treasures.

tnere Is CLOSER DoIlu lHdn usually ana
pears between mother and child. Eveii
in her busiest days the two have their
confidential times together. After
Jeanne has had her tea and is in thu
nursery up runs Tantie to show her her
self dressed for dinner. And after din
ner, before she leaves for the theater.
once more goes Tantie for goodnight.
She romps with her a little, and dances
with her in a way that would win any
body's heart. al
Mrs. Langtry came running down the
stairs, and after the usual greetings
said: Nov for jig, Jeanne" The
piano was in the muSic-roOm, but that
did not make the slightest difference.
Tantie herself sat upon the arm of the
sofa, clapping her hands and singing q
| jig, and the dance went OH just the same
until Mrs. Langtry, GREATNESS and
laughing, sat herself down properly"
as she called it..
wish | could reproduce one of this
clever woman'S talk and make every
| one know her. us the child called it.
''lprself.' Even in the freedom of the
nursery, or of her private home life.
nothing ever pleases Mrs. Langtry that
is not refined and well-bred. Instead of
DciliS Imperative anu CcItiiiUniOuS,t lefe
is a constant fund of WomanlinesS, and
what is rarer yet, pure fun. The fun
of speech, or a situation, or yet only
of an idea, is never lost to her. but is,
ten to one, brought out with a single
touch for others to enjoy. She does not
tell many stories; indeed, have rarely
heard her tell one. Instead. there is a
smiling Il remember" that is more
| amusing.
A STRONG POINT ABOUT MRS. LANGTRY
herself is her home love. Her pretty
home in Twenty-third street shows that.
Not in the beauty or elegance of the
pride she takes in it. Her servants arc
paragons, and her lunches and dinners
are perfection. For one thing, doubt
if Mrs. Langtry has piece of modern
silver in the house. For years she has
spent whole DAYS, i'm England, mOusing
around among the secondhand
and pawn shops for antiques. AS con-
sequence, besides her own family silver,
the table is set with antique silver, some
of it hundreds of years old. The foot
man takes infinite pride in it and places
and replaces it on cabinet and buffet.
Then, again, there is china. What this
young woman does not know about
wares, and methods, and values in china
decoration and old china is useless i'll
formation. And embroideries! There
it is again. From tapestries to modern
panellings, it is all at her fingers tips
to tell the good from the bad, and its real
value. These are her fads. She enjoys
them, and, as she shrewdly says, it is
very good way of spending money.
When she feels eXtravagant she sallies
forth. finds new shop. or rather one
new to her. and looks about for some
thing worth buying. What would have
bought a new bonnet, or at most a new
gown, in this way is put into something
that will be worth from twice to ten
times its value ten years from HOW.
Her house is filled with these treasures.
and then besides there are lots of them
slowed away fer time when instead
of hired house, she may have one of
her own. She is always on the lookout
for American art productions. Her first
question when she enters one of, these
curiosity or bric-a-brac shops is for
something ''really American +.
When L say that instead of buying
gowns Mrs. Langtry buys silver tank
ards and old china platters, / do not
mean to suggest that the wardrobe ever
remains neglected. Far from it, Mrs.
Langtry appreciates the first and +
MOST IMPORTANT DUTY OF WOMAN
KIND.
the care and development and prOtec-
ton of herself. When she does not feel
as fresh as she might, when things
worry her and she knows she is not in
furiOusly. Her favorite spin is through
Twenty-third street to Fifth avenue, up
to Central park, part way through the
park and home again. Walking,
Strangely enough, is the one way for
her to keep thin. Fencing makes her
grow fat now, and SO do Turkish
baths. but walking-ah, that" she
says, lis what does woman good"
1t is so with her complexion. If she
feels that that does not please her, then
indeed she walks, and walks often. 1t
is the one thing to do. She does not be-
lieve in WOman'S using anything on
her face for identifying purposes. III
deed, if l ever heard her say sharp
thing about women it was when she
declared one day that there was not one
woman out of ten nowadays that had
clean face.
She wears the prettiest gOwns-of
| course Paris gowns almost without eX-
| ception-and from the soft, loose, fur
| trimmed morning to her handSomeSt
| dinner dress there is never tone
| wrong. One morning | found her in a
| long, loose gown of Nile-green pOpln,
trimmed with long fox fur. 1t was
| bought when all English women were
buying these poplins from charity to
Ireland. Mrs. Langtry sent hers to
Paris to be made. Naturally there did
not seem to the clever milliner much
opportunity for elaboration, but when
| he sent it home it was found to be lined
| throughout with white uncut velvet, a
really royal garment.
| A box of new dresses had just come
from Paris the other day, and you may
| be sure my feminine soul Overflowed
thereat. One of the house gowns is of
the new shade of rose de Province and
| is simple garment, the only change
from the pink being leaf-green band
| at the throat and wrists and big green
rosette at the belt and on the skirt. An
other is walking dress, likewise sim
| plicity itself. The waist opens in the
back and the front is covered
with black and gold passemen-
terie, starting from neck and should
erS and coming nearer and nearer to-
| gether at the waist until it is like a
bodice. The gown is of heliotrope cloth
and very effectively draped with full
| pleated fronts gathered up on the hips
| like an apron front. There was ALSO a
Pekin silk of olive and old-rose stripes,
| and many others.
A matinee that may very possibly be
given during the next three OF four
weeks will be in French, and Sarah
Bernhardt and Mrs. Langtry will play
in it together. 1t will be swell, ,eXpen-
siye and grand time of triumph for
| will be remembered, made, one
of her greatest hits in u play
ing in French in PARISH She
| speaks the language perfectly and the
artistic friendship between Nine, Bern
| hardt and her is very strong The